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I saw people getting mad at Feige's comments about Blackkklansman, which is the epitome of "being mad to be mad."

Gosh, maybe when someone completely erodes their credibility over a 5-year period, while never owning up to this at any stage, they're never going to get it back!

Media darling Nancy Mace, who is breathlessly hyped (by herself, her trash press people, and of course, the press) as New and Different, has pulled out the old vandalism card. There are some questions about the handwriting of this vandal...

If Chris Cillizza, one of the belt buckles of the Beltway, is saying this, we truly have gone past the point of no return.

Sad. Arlene may be best known as Ken Berry's girlfriend on Mayberry R.F.D.

Thanks again.

I had read about it, and mostly just felt a bit underwhelmed (I liked April in her 1993/4 appearances and this wasn't really the story I thought she had the first time around) and also confused at two different actresses as I was used to soap twins being played by the same actor. Seeing it adds a little more interest, but it still feels like an odd choice for Paul, who was at this point probably their main young male lead. I know someone sent me a link to the vault last year but I never did keep it or watch much on there. I guess I should while it's still around. At least now between the clip above and you piecing together the other clips, we can say a good amount of the 3/2 episode is available. I always look forward to your thoughts on this vintage material.

Most of it is the April/Paul/Barbara story, which I have probably now seen more of between this and the episode repeated for COVID last year than I ever thought - it's mostly interesting to see the good, clear acting from Cynthia Jordan. It's also fun to see the attempts at sibling banter with Patty and Paul - most of what I've seen of Lilibet's Patty is much more serious.

The opener of the March 2, 1982 episode!

Can't wait for Weiss, Sullivan, Greenwald, etc. to speak on this as they are so eager to push transphobia while getting to have the privilege of rich white gays (some of whom don't even live in this country). Oh wait, they're too busy talking about how they love insurrectionists or how scary black people are.

I had wondered why Dave Weigel was trending, complete with people who keep putting their photos beside his to show how ugly and fat they think he is compared to their gorgeous selves (which kind of sucks, but Twitter is Twitter, sadly). I do think Weigel has some good insights, but he can never stop being an edgelord, even though it's pathetic enough to see a teenager acting this way, let alone a 40 year old man. And similar to when he decided to amplify virulently homophobic tweets from Virgil Texas, I have not noticed any of his "dirtbag left" pals bothering to step in.

When this Carla story is over I hope we won't need to hear Nicole shriek-wailing "Pele!!!" again... The woman who plays Carla is a very good actress. This show has so many gorgeous men, and most of them can act, which makes it better. The story with Tilly is hard to watch, but feels realistic enough compared to a lot of teen plots. It helps that the actors who play CeCe and TK are so good. I assume Desi is a popular character, but, while the actress is fine, the character herself just overwhelms me. Doing whatever she wants while going around shaming and belittling other people as a moral crusader is just too much for me.

@Vee

Very true. After the latest Gaza attacks I had wondered if he would get a boost, but he seems to have been so deeply unpleasant and arrogant that it wasn't enough.

Apparently the guy replacing Netanyahu is as bad or worse, but it's still a huge moment:

One of the problems is many are accustomed to believing nothing will ever change - not just the professional nihilists, but also many others who have been conditioned to believe Republicans won't do this or won't do that because they don't want to go too far. I think that was a factor in years like 2014. Another factor is that some of the voters who do want change voted for Trump because of his empty promises of changing the system - apparently that is why some Obama voters voted for him. That's also one of the reasons why the GOP and the media are working so hard to make sure nothing gets passed by Congress - inaction means many voters don't care. I feel like 2016 and 2020 both showed the limitations of how much power white progressives have, especially 2020. They do a lot to dampen spirits and can help lose close elections, but they reached their peak with the disastrous campaign they ran for Bernie in 2019 and early 2020. Some of the 2016 losses I can chalk up to them, due to Jill Stein, but many in 2020 are more down to Trump districts removing Democratic Congresspeople, or voter suppression, or Latino performance. I also feel like it's going to be a major miracle to keep Congress with or without ending the filibuster. So at this point it's either get something done and lose, or get nothing done and lose. I can't find the exact article, but apparently one Democratic Senate aide said 10 D senators don't like a lot of the bills which the filibuster is stopping, and are happy to let Manchin "take the arrows." If that is true, then I guess we are just staying where we are now - until January 2023, when it likely gets a whole lot worse.

As Steven Breyer asks us to just talk it out with Republicans and Manchin cries blood tears over the beauty of bipartisanship, this is our reality, and is just the tip of the iceberg.

The intro is just gorgeous...it annoys me a little that now most people only know the cover. His voice truly soars, similar to his cover of I'm So Lonesome.

He had such a beautiful storyteller's voice - his late '60s work is timeless.

From Devere's book (mostly bringing this up because the dead-enders and Republicans are still trending the Reade lies):